American History Cookbook E-book by Meredith Curtis

In our house, we love to cook and bake to learn history. We time travel right in the kitchen.

Here is our Time Travel in the Kitchen: American History Cookbook. We used it in our home and in our American history co-op. Everyone loved it!

Each family took a week to make a meal from Colonial Times, The Alamo, The Transcontinental Railroad, The Gilded Age, or World War II--whatever we were studying. Some of the recipes are adapted from original recipes from old history cookbooks and famous recipe collections. I adapted Louisa May Alcott's Blueberry Slump, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Noodles, and Martha Washington's Fruit Cake. I think you will have a blast cooking and eating your way through time!

Each section begins with a little history lesson on important events and people along with information about foods and eating habits of the time period. Also included in this great cookbook are resources after each section of recipes. These resources include living books & historical fiction to write, movies you can watch, and sample menus using the cookbook.

Here are the sections in this cookbook:Native American RecipesExplorer RecipesJamestown RecipesPlymouth & The First Thanksgiving RecipesColonial America RecipesRevolutionary War & A New Nation RecipesLouisiana Territory RecipesRemember the Alamo RecipesNew Nation/Westward Expansion/Pioneers RecipesSouthern Plantation RecipesWar between the States RecipesDining on the Transcontinental Railroad RecipesA Victorian Tea RecipesThe Gilded Age RecipesThe Wild, Wild West RecipesTurn of the Century RecipesThrough Ellis Island RecipesWorld War I RecipesRoaring Twenties RecipesThe Great Depression Recipes World War II Rations & Victory Gardens RecipesFabulous Fifties or Happy Days RecipesSwinging Sixties & Groovy Seventies RecipesUp in Space RecipesEighties & Nineties Recipes

History is a favorite subject at the Curtis house and when we added cooking and baking to learning about “the olden days,” It just made everything more fun. When I talked about cutting the historical meals out of co-op next year, my son said, “Mom, you can’t do that. The food is the best part!” Please let me know how you enjoy using this cookbook.